Habitat for Happiness

Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile | Video on TED.com

Create the conditions for happiness to occur.
The goal is not to create happiness. Create a habitat for happiness.
Less talk on the Gross Domestic Product, more talk on the Gross National Happiness.
We need a new way to count.

Happiness is about wanting what you have, not having what you want.

We focus on the pursuit of happiness, as if it's something we have to pursue.

Don't operate on an aspirational treadmill, foster a sense of gratitude.

We are myopically focused on the wrong things.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

Time for a bigger tool box.

We need leaders who know what to count.